Solitude: Stories from the Barentsregion

By (author) Jeroen Toirkens
By (author) Petra Sjouwerman

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A 3000 kilometre road trip along the arctic circle; a photographic travelogue.

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Published as a luxurious diary, Solitudeprovides an intimate image of people living in remote places. Within the Arctic Circle, north of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia – known as the Barentsregion – is one of Europe’s last remaining wildernesses. Dutch photographer Jeroen Toirkens and writer Petra Sjouwerman went looking for stories in this region, comparing their own adventures with the historical diary of Gerrit de Veer, one of the crew on Dutch navigator Willem Barents’ third voyage in search of the Northeast passage, during the sixteenth century. Text in English and Dutch.

About the Author

Jeroen Toirkens has won numerous prizes, including the Canon Photo Award as a photographer and film maker and his work has been published in Monocle and le Monde.Petra Sjouwerman is a Dutch journalist living and working in Denmark and Scandinavia. She has won an EU Journalist Award.Together they created the multimedia project Roots2share in Greenland.
Jeroen Toirkens has won numerous prizes, including the Canon Photo Award as a photographer and film maker and his work has been published in Monocle and le Monde. Petra Sjouwerman is a Dutch journalist living and working in Denmark and Scandinavia. She has won an EU Journalist Award. Together they created the multimedia project Roots2share in Greenland.

Specifications

Publisher: Lannoo Publishers
ISBN: 9789401412360
Published: 20th Dec 2013
Binding: Hardback
Territory: USA & Canada
Size: 7.87 in x 10.63 in
Pages: 159 Pages
Illustrations: 120 color, b&w

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